About this statement
Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) is committed to protecting all personal information that we hold and making every effort to ensure that it is processed in a fair, open and transparent manner.
This statement will help you understand what information we collect, why we collect it, how we store and use it, and if we disclose the information to anyone else. It will also explain what rights and choices you have regarding your personal information.
Who we are
Rape Crisis England & Wales is the feminist charity working to end child sexual abuse, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment and all other forms of sexual violence. We are also the membership organisation for Rape Crisis centres across England and Wales. Together with our member centres, we work to deliver specialist services to those affected by sexual violence and abuse, and aim to educate, influence and make change.
We are a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered in the UK under charity number 1155140.
We can be contacted at: rcewinfo@rapecrisis.org.uk
What we do
Our vision
What we want: a world without sexual violence, where all women and girls live safely, freely and with dignity. We work for women and girls, in partnership with our member centres, to transform attitudes to sexual violence, improve responses to all survivors and end sexual violence in all its forms.
How we do it
To achieve this, we believe Rape Crisis England & Wales has a crucial role to play in:
- Believing survivors and helping them to get their voices heard.
- Ensuring survivors have access to specialist support.
- Raising awareness about the prevalence and impacts of sexual violence and abuse, and challenging rape culture.
- Influencing change in all aspects of public policy relating to sexual violence.
Our role
We are the controller of the personal data we process. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we collect, use and store information about you.
Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) is registered with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under registration reference ZA331575.
If you are involved with one of our Member Centres, please refer to their privacy notice directly.
How we collect and use your information
How we collect and use your personal data will depend on how you interact with us or the services you use.
To better understand how we use your data, please click on the role that best describes you below:
- I have signed up to your newsletter
- I am associated with RCEW as a Member or have another relationship with RCEW
- I access the 24/7 support line
- I am a job applicant
I am just browsing your website
If you are just browsing our website, we may collect your data using cookies or other tracking technology.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device, such as your computer, phone or tablet, when you view pages on our website. These cookies allow us to track some of your browsing preferences and optimise how our website works.
While we are not looking to identify you using cookies as the focus on your device, it may be possible for us to identify you or infer information about you. Unless the cookies are “strictly necessary” to make our website function, we will ask for your consent before they are placed on your device.
For more information on the cookies we use, please click on this link to read our cookie notice.
Find out more, including legal definitions and ways to get in touch or make a complaint in our full Privacy Statement. To read it, click on the 'Download our Privacy Statement' button below.